Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$70,500

National average

Salary Range

$42,940 – $104,840

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$107,690$47,800$116,250
New York$105,900$42,520$111,250
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$104,920$72,190$119,030
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$104,460$61,040$106,590
Massachusetts$104,040$72,560$108,170
Springfield, MA$103,920$75,370$104,070
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$103,680$67,170$114,990
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$103,560$58,500$115,550
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$103,140$46,750$103,180
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$103,050$91,660$106,190
Rhode Island$103,050$95,880$103,560
Vallejo, CA$102,340$66,320$102,370
New Jersey$101,270$57,890$116,240
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$101,010$81,810$105,960
Vineland, NJ$100,540$85,650$102,360
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$100,350$41,960$109,450
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$99,600$47,600$106,950
Worcester, MA$98,720$74,500$107,150
Alaska$98,170$47,780$106,140
Anchorage, AK$98,170$46,260$103,520
Modesto, CA$97,840$54,700$99,860
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$97,690$60,570$147,560
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$96,920$53,480$99,390
Salisbury, MD$96,620$65,440$106,170
Chico, CA$96,510$84,520$144,840
Lawrence, KS$96,470$38,510$100,810
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$96,150$52,660$102,090
District of Columbia$95,930$46,130$100,100
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$95,870$45,240$106,350
Merced, CA$95,840$58,960$106,480
Lebanon, PA$95,710$52,000$97,300
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$95,590$48,860$103,140
Syracuse, NY$95,370$45,920$108,060
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$95,310$50,560$115,370
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$94,920$48,600$100,140
Midland, TX$94,420$45,860$103,500
Rochester, NY$94,240$46,430$101,750
El Centro, CA$94,150$60,040$114,640
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$93,920$56,240$102,020
Fresno, CA$93,640$62,350$103,140
Portland-South Portland, ME$93,430$55,690$96,400
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$92,860$51,420$99,260
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$92,610$57,040$114,900
California$92,350$52,020$105,840
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$91,840$63,850$100,200
Maine$91,400$52,400$99,020
Stockton-Lodi, CA$89,810$51,970$103,390
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$89,790$50,690$101,610
Utica-Rome, NY$89,480$48,340$105,900
Pittsburgh, PA$89,310$48,600$97,970
Salinas, CA$88,710$61,470$119,130
Wheeling, WV-OH$88,710$62,510$94,060
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$88,390$51,740$105,840
Maryland$87,900$50,420$101,590
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$87,870$61,880$89,780
Connecticut$87,860$44,770$108,970
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$87,500$47,060$106,080
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$87,320$47,220$92,900
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$86,610$49,160$98,620
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$86,610$48,960$99,900
Lancaster, PA$86,440$61,530$99,980
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$86,000$47,220$94,260
Kennewick-Richland, WA$85,820$44,940$93,610
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$85,570$54,730$93,040
Minot, ND$85,240$46,960$103,470
Manchester-Nashua, NH$85,050$55,930$94,860
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$85,050$51,990$92,920
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$85,050$50,810$91,480
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$84,910$39,170$109,820
Charleston, WV$84,880$60,450$92,710
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$84,760$59,380$130,740
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$84,720$61,660$89,780
Bangor, ME$84,530$54,470$99,900
West Virginia$84,490$59,940$90,600
New Hampshire$84,470$49,810$97,340
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$83,830$51,880$102,000
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$83,070$52,180$103,140
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$82,710$53,680$99,790
Richmond, VA$82,550$46,670$98,340
Delaware$82,150$38,660$99,700
Waco, TX$81,890$39,780$100,030
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$81,860$41,540$97,950
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$81,580$52,360$97,690
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$81,210$49,890$106,710
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$81,150$49,920$97,460
North Dakota$80,810$45,760$94,960
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$80,700$48,710$102,500
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$80,640$62,040$92,970
Pennsylvania$80,630$47,930$99,010
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$80,630$50,380$91,090
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$80,290$64,940$122,350
Roanoke, VA$80,090$51,590$102,290
Virginia$80,090$51,450$99,920
Washington$79,990$46,430$99,030
Glens Falls, NY$79,490$39,610$107,060
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$79,330$47,850$89,290
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$79,290$40,960$97,870
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$79,220$39,860$97,670
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$78,790$48,450$95,590
Springfield, IL$78,640$47,670$100,240
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$78,570$48,930$91,080
Hawaii$78,020$59,160$102,730
Morgantown, WV$77,880$54,080$87,760
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$77,490$38,120$106,950
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$77,480$45,130$112,030
Corvallis, OR$77,420$52,000$95,860
Reading, PA$77,310$60,700$101,520
Lynchburg, VA$77,080$49,100$97,020
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$77,070$42,120$94,070
Peoria, IL$76,920$47,650$100,300
Bloomington, IL$76,830$45,060$98,710
Williamsport, PA$76,730$44,740$99,400
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$76,640$50,190$98,730
Iowa City, IA$76,600$46,960$80,700
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$76,530$45,600$97,800
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$76,380$45,500$97,690
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$76,130$20,100$95,590
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$75,880$38,120$108,420
Corpus Christi, TX$75,750$36,730$100,030
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$75,720$46,910$82,150
Illinois$75,590$46,020$103,130
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$75,020$52,250$98,790
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$74,900$36,190$98,210
Longview, TX$74,800$38,790$95,590
Dover, DE$74,740$37,440$94,580
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$74,350$39,900$91,580
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$74,210$47,030$96,350
San Angelo, TX$74,060$35,880$99,750
El Paso, TX$74,010$36,030$97,120
Urban Honolulu, HI$73,660$59,160$83,300
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$73,090$48,880$104,860
Altoona, PA$72,130$46,070$97,800
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$71,610$48,410$99,510
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$71,310$36,470$104,400
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$71,270$40,440$108,470
Boulder, CO$70,620$51,790$96,090
Topeka, KS$70,530$41,730$98,420
Jacksonville, NC$70,050$42,720$75,080
Tyler, TX$69,200$36,060$100,060
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$68,900$40,800$87,860
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$68,770$43,180$79,670
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$68,770$64,100$86,990
Amarillo, TX$68,570$37,650$103,550
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$68,470$44,770$99,390
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$68,460$53,440$99,670
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$68,380$47,130$82,780
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$68,370$44,230$84,250
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$68,320$42,860$95,420
Texas$68,320$40,380$100,030
Visalia, CA$68,150$44,370$95,260
Knoxville, TN$67,980$45,080$84,640
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$67,970$45,210$96,550
Vermont$67,370$50,140$82,940
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$67,260$48,290$83,160
Fort Wayne, IN$67,240$40,990$76,930
Flint, MI$67,230$45,970$85,050
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$67,130$36,510$83,660
Kingston, NY$67,040$43,290$105,900
Binghamton, NY$66,890$47,300$95,260
Wichita, KS$66,770$40,440$98,000
Kansas$66,770$40,930$100,810
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$66,690$40,490$100,410
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$66,690$38,230$95,590
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$66,390$42,770$83,180
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$65,820$50,640$98,920
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$65,700$48,210$88,340
Medford, OR$65,670$47,610$79,760
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$65,630$39,620$78,270
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$65,480$43,400$95,730
Michigan$65,460$43,610$84,540
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$65,420$37,420$97,020
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$65,330$37,980$98,000
Birmingham, AL$64,810$43,510$99,360
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$64,800$43,210$92,070
Grand Forks, ND-MN$64,790$45,760$93,300
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$64,610$43,370$110,810
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$64,380$45,580$101,560
Oregon$64,360$49,620$93,530
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$64,330$43,970$106,430
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$64,120$50,500$77,290
Auburn-Opelika, AL$63,530$39,430$76,930
Savannah, GA$63,400$39,430$73,500
Mobile, AL$63,380$39,890$78,900
Jackson, MS$63,080$44,010$97,670
Colorado$62,820$47,370$86,400
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$62,820$48,880$86,690
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$62,790$26,920$90,150
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$62,760$44,830$83,580
Salem, OR$62,740$53,540$81,350
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$62,620$47,230$93,520
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$62,580$39,320$75,430
Huntsville, AL$62,540$45,160$82,570
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$62,520$43,410$82,900
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$62,500$40,700$99,310
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$62,460$40,360$98,690
Bloomington, IN$62,400$46,280$76,560
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$62,320$36,770$83,250
New Mexico$62,210$39,320$77,050
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$62,180$41,030$95,590
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$62,160$47,720$91,370
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$62,100$45,820$95,420
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$61,950$47,840$80,650
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$61,860$36,650$84,930
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$61,660$47,940$95,050
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$61,620$29,710$88,020
Bend, OR$61,520$48,970$83,050
St. Louis, MO-IL$61,500$43,960$100,910
Fayetteville, NC$61,490$46,600$94,350
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$61,270$42,740$100,030
Killeen-Temple, TX$61,110$37,380$76,740
Alabama$61,070$43,510$82,570
York-Hanover, PA$61,050$46,170$79,550
Minnesota$60,940$48,270$98,920
Ogden, UT$60,910$36,050$78,850
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$60,880$39,780$74,680
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$60,790$38,120$100,970
Iowa$60,650$42,350$83,250
Kansas City, MO-KS$60,610$40,930$102,830
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$60,470$50,140$70,200
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$60,350$46,640$95,290
Athens-Clarke County, GA$60,250$38,410$75,120
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$60,240$36,000$80,770
Springfield, MO$60,230$37,940$95,590
Kentucky$60,180$40,700$82,900
Wisconsin$60,150$39,860$85,490
Arizona$60,100$45,330$80,100
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$59,990$45,690$75,120
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$59,900$33,800$99,270
Albuquerque, NM$59,860$42,120$80,000
Columbus, OH$59,730$45,430$84,120
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$59,690$39,250$80,420
Gainesville, GA$59,490$39,930$82,160
Tennessee$59,420$43,780$84,640
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$59,380$42,220$95,590
Reno, NV$59,340$38,690$89,240
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$58,980$39,640$92,600
Missouri$58,920$40,930$98,000
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$58,920$40,370$86,960
Montgomery, AL$58,880$44,180$95,100
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$58,870$37,620$96,950
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$58,860$44,100$82,890
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$58,730$38,390$82,040
Colorado Springs, CO$58,640$45,810$79,350
Eugene-Springfield, OR$58,610$47,250$93,130
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$58,470$45,380$78,990
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$58,400$40,760$78,480
Mississippi$58,390$34,300$84,150
Greeley, CO$58,390$45,000$77,290
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$58,300$38,940$80,790
Arkansas$57,960$33,700$98,090
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$57,960$35,950$80,420
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$57,740$36,500$58,430
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$57,610$38,020$84,890
Tucson, AZ$57,600$44,700$76,530
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$57,490$37,960$76,550
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$57,380$35,800$95,590
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$57,310$38,120$81,070
Wyoming$57,190$36,770$82,550
Georgia$57,030$37,850$77,700
Indiana$56,750$40,120$79,370
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$56,750$43,280$79,360
Joplin, MO-KS$56,440$47,280$92,130
South Dakota$56,380$34,420$81,020
Decatur, AL$56,350$42,120$79,820
South Carolina$56,090$38,230$80,330
Utah$55,980$36,870$78,850
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$55,890$35,950$80,420
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$55,840$36,560$74,480
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$55,830$39,340$77,000
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$55,700$35,950$75,170
Columbia, MO$55,570$38,090$91,050
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$55,450$24,910$71,930
Ohio$55,430$44,100$81,580
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$55,330$40,120$80,370
Elizabethtown, KY$55,240$37,660$76,950
Lexington-Fayette, KY$54,840$43,870$80,630
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$54,430$45,750$88,950
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$54,330$36,810$91,770
Asheville, NC$54,270$38,980$88,560
Florence, SC$54,160$48,070$66,220
Nevada$54,030$37,410$76,140
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$54,010$40,060$78,560
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$54,000$37,960$75,610
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$53,930$34,610$82,450
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$53,850$42,390$91,610
North Carolina$53,420$39,930$84,100
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$53,420$36,810$87,270
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$53,180$37,410$76,040
Florida$53,140$36,470$79,670
Fargo, ND-MN$52,740$46,440$94,960
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$52,610$44,460$67,970
Oklahoma$52,360$33,970$100,090
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$52,240$48,280$74,900
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$52,140$39,400$91,150
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$52,140$43,190$73,070
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$52,110$36,810$84,100
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$52,090$37,250$81,220
Bozeman, MT$52,080$40,360$77,750
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$52,000$29,580$98,650
Rapid City, SD$51,910$39,570$65,610
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$51,900$39,580$78,920
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$51,900$47,700$77,020
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$51,610$25,800$81,060
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$51,580$34,090$89,590
Tulsa, OK$51,530$36,250$102,250
Billings, MT$51,500$37,880$94,470
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$51,420$38,120$87,670
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$51,400$41,360$78,250
Oklahoma City, OK$51,360$33,970$103,950
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$51,330$35,340$76,680
Winston-Salem, NC$51,320$37,930$83,490
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$51,260$35,970$73,370
Columbia, SC$51,210$42,530$85,840
Columbus, GA-AL$51,150$40,060$74,160
Montana$51,110$37,890$83,420
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$51,100$49,080$61,200
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$50,910$44,540$80,080
Jacksonville, FL$50,830$36,470$79,740
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$50,580$41,670$79,370
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$50,450$33,890$99,960
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$50,440$38,230$70,310
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$50,440$33,550$96,900
Fort Smith, AR-OK$50,270$33,700$98,420
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$50,270$41,180$80,790
Cleveland, OH$50,250$45,180$76,430
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$50,140$40,920$87,940
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$50,100$37,270$79,060
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$50,100$37,970$76,900
Missoula, MT$50,080$37,320$67,460
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$50,070$48,370$90,820
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,880$42,700$81,270
Pueblo, CO$49,800$44,580$74,200
Toledo, OH$49,510$39,290$80,290
Cedar Rapids, IA$49,510$42,350$80,460
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$49,490$38,580$73,900
Raleigh-Cary, NC$49,360$39,930$92,010
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$49,300$42,910$78,720
Warner Robins, GA$49,160$30,090$63,190
Akron, OH$49,080$40,240$66,330
Idaho$48,980$38,180$67,770
Boise City, ID$48,980$38,180$62,480
Canton-Massillon, OH$48,970$41,860$73,610
Omaha, NE-IA$48,880$40,440$78,600
Port St. Lucie, FL$48,880$35,120$79,570
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,810$37,680$81,020
Terre Haute, IN$48,740$44,820$64,100
Wilmington, NC$48,710$37,730$71,950
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$48,610$36,770$70,590
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$48,590$37,900$72,520
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$48,560$34,890$70,680
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$48,530$38,700$75,970
Jackson, TN$48,520$44,010$76,740
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$48,430$43,190$73,830
Champaign-Urbana, IL$48,380$40,170$100,300
Nebraska$48,250$40,990$78,720
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$48,250$30,470$96,060
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$48,230$35,100$78,970
Chattanooga, TN-GA$48,140$40,910$83,580
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$48,040$42,130$73,070
Jefferson City, MO$48,010$37,070$91,500
Bay City, MI$47,890$40,350$76,940
Baton Rouge, LA$47,600$37,160$60,350
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$47,560$35,260$91,840
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,090$29,710$71,680
Louisiana$46,920$34,970$64,980
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$46,800$34,060$75,460
Lincoln, NE$46,630$41,220$60,740
Yuma, AZ$46,210$31,320$64,770
Tallahassee, FL$46,100$36,310$72,230
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$46,040$35,410$75,920
Lawton, OK$45,930$33,010$70,190
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$45,790$34,160$82,080
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$44,820$38,120$63,000
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$44,770$39,520$59,010
Clarksville, TN-KY$44,010$43,780$60,000
St. George, UT$42,120$40,190$76,600
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$42,120$31,770$56,150
Lubbock, TX$41,040$37,340$71,980
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$40,720$34,520$59,690
Idaho Falls, ID$39,850$33,500$84,550
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$39,530$32,400$69,640
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$30,510$21,730$47,540
Puerto Rico$29,170$21,220$46,300
Arecibo, PR$27,620$20,590$36,270
Mayaguez, PR$27,300$20,400$37,820
Aguadilla, PR$26,470$20,610$44,320

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers is $70,500, with a typical range of $42,940 – $104,840 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers?β–Ύ

Entry-level Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers positions typically start around $42,940 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairerss earn the most?β–Ύ

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.